Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nations culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would contradict the long-held body of medical ethics to which all American doctors must adhere.

For aging is an art. The years between its first intimations and the time of the ultimate letting go of all earthly things can-if the readiness and resolve are there-be the real harvest of our lives.

The belief in the probability of death with dignity is our, and society’s, attempt to deal with the reality of what is all too frequently a series of destructive events that involve by their very nature the disintegration of the dying person’s humanity. I have not often seen much dignity in the process by which we die.

Death is the surcease that comes when the exhausting battle has been lost.

Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science

If we cannot heal in one way, we must learn to heal in another.